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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To correct or set right; adjust.
  • intransitive verb. To restore to proper condition or working order; repair.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To make ready for a specific purpose, as by altering or combining elements; prepare.
  • intransitive verb. To spay or castrate (an animal).
  • intransitive verb. To influence the outcome or actions of (something) by improper or unlawful means.
  • intransitive verb. To take revenge upon (someone); get even with.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To place securely; make stable or firm: synonym: fasten.
  • intransitive verb. To secure to another; attach.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To put into a stable or unalterable form.
  • intransitive verb. To make (a chemical substance) nonvolatile or solid.
  • intransitive verb. To convert (nitrogen or carbon) into stable, biologically assimilable compounds.
  • intransitive verb. To kill and preserve (a specimen) intact for microscopic study.
  • intransitive verb. To prevent discoloration of (a photographic image) by washing or coating with a chemical preservative.
  • intransitive verb. To direct steadily.
  • intransitive verb. To capture or hold.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To set or place definitely; establish.
  • intransitive verb. To determine with accuracy; ascertain.
  • intransitive verb. To agree on; arrange.
  • intransitive verb. To assign; attribute.
  • intransitive verb. To convert (data) from floating-point notation to fixed-point notation.
  • intransitive verb. To direct one's efforts or attention; concentrate.
  • intransitive verb. To become stable or firm; harden.
  • intransitive verb. To be on the verge of; to be making preparations for. Used in progressive tenses with the infinitive.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act of adjusting, correcting, or repairing.
  • noun. Something that repairs or restores; a solution.
  • noun. The position, as of a ship or aircraft, determined by visual observations with the aid of equipment.
  • noun. A clear determination or understanding.
  • noun. An instance of arranging a special consideration, such as an exemption from a requirement, or an improper or illegal outcome, especially by means of bribery.
  • noun. A difficult or embarrassing situation; a predicament: synonym: predicament.
  • noun. An amount or dose of something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic.
  • phrasal verb. To improve the appearance or condition of; refurbish.
  • phrasal verb. To provide; equip.
  • phrasal verb. To provide a companion on a date for.
  • idiom. (fix (someone's) wagon) To get revenge on another.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Fixed; established; steadfast.
  • Solidified.
  • noun. A critical condition; a predicament; a difficulty; a dilemma.
  • noun. In naut. surv., the operation of determining (‘fixing’) the position of an unknown point by the three-point problem, which involves the measurement, at the point, of the two angles between lines running to three known visible points.
  • To fasten; make fast by some material means: attach or confine firmly or securely: also used figuratively of immaterial things.
  • Figuratively, to direct intently or persistently, so as to be as it were fastened to its object: as, to fix the mind on a subject; to fix the eyes or the attention.
  • To hold firmly; restrain from wandering or wavering; arrest: as, to fix one with the eyes; to fix the attention of an audience; to fix inconstant affections.
  • To establish; give permanence or a permanent character to; make permanent; confirm.
  • To establish in position or in a situation; settle or place stably; plant firmly: as, to fix a lance in rest; the fixed stars (see fixed, 2).
  • To make stable in consistence or condition; reduce from fluidity or volatility to a more permanent state; make less volatile or fugitive: as, cold fixes water in the form of ice; to fix colors by a mordant.